Cheating and Plagiarism

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Cheating and Plagiarism

• Nancy Stanlick, Dept. of Philosophy
• and
• Patricia MacKown, Office of Student Conduct

Summer 07 Faculty Development Conference April
30, 2007
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Cheating

• Unauthorized assistance in academic assignments
  of any kind
• How do students know what sorts of assistance are
  authorized, and which are not?
• Syllabus statement about ethics and academic
  integrity see http//www.fctl.ucf.edu/syllabus/s
  tatements.htmethics

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Plagiarism

• Appropriating the work of others and claiming
  either implicitly or explicitly that it is ones
  own
• Intentional
• Accidental
• Lack of knowledge about proper use of sources
• Lack of knowledge about the nature of Internet
  resources

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UCFs Golden Rule and Creed

• The Golden Rule see http//www.goldenrule.sdes.u
  cf.edu/2e_Rules.html
• The UCF Creed see http//www.admissions.sdes.ucf
  .edu/about.asp?FirstSubcreed

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What might students think?

• Identity Theft and Plagiarism
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?vgC2ew6qLa8U
• An excerpt of a 2003 episode of the soap opera,
  All My Children http//www.youtube.com/watch?vi
  rBj1-dulcU

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What do you think?

• Which student is responsible?
• Do you know what to do now?
• How do you proceed given UCFs policies?
• Do you know where to go?
• Do you know where to get information?
• Do you know your options?
• The answers are coming your way
• Patricia MacKown, Assistant Vice President for
  Campus Life, Office of Student Rights and
  Responsibilities/Office of Student Conduct